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12th November 2001
Despite ferrochrome prices reaching near thirty-year lows, SA
Chrome MD Terence McConnachie is confident that prices will
stabilise in the next quarter when the first sale of product from
its 235 000 t plant in the North West province should start. →

12th October 2001
Ferrochrome producer Samancor, a subsidiary of BHP Billiton, has
cut 40 000 tons of its 850 000 tons annual output because of a wage
strike that started on Thursday, a BHP Billiton spokesman said. →

10th October 2001
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said its
members would embark on a wage strike from Thursday at the
ferrochrome units of Samancor, a subsidiary of mining giant BHP
Billiton. →

5th October 2001
The reputation of Volvo equipment and the support provided Babcock
Equipment has lead a Pretoria plant-hire company to purchase three
materials-handling machines for its new opencast operations. →

7th September 2001
A fast-track electrical and instrumentation contract on a furnace
and sinter plant for Bateman Titaco at Assmang’s Machadodorp
ferrochrome works is being completed by B&W Industrial
Technology. →

29th August 2001
Mining firm Associated Manganese Mines of South Africa has posted
an 82,4% increase in earnings for the year ended June 30, 2001, at
R231-million compared to R127-million reported in the previous
year. →

22nd June 2001
Increasing acceptance of Multotec Process Equipment's spiral
concentrators in the ferrochrome industry has seen four
installations of these spiral separation plants commissioned at
Southern African and foreign mines over the past 18 months. →

15th June 2001
Close to 800 workers at Xstrata in Rustenberg, North West Province,
could embark on strike action after the National Union of
Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the company failed to
resolve a two-month dispute. →

By: System Author28th April 2000
A feasibility study into the viability of South African Chrome and
Alloys installing a R250-million ferro-chrome smelter at Boshoek,
near Rustenburg in the North West Province, is to be completed by
the end of June. →

By: System Author10th March 2000
The future of Associated Manganese Mines of South Africa’s
(Assmang’s) ferrochrome operations will be assured by the
development of the Dwarsrivier chromium-mine, in Mpumalanga. →

By: System Author3rd December 1999
Chromite mining and benefication company Hernic Ferrochrome
forecasts that ferrochrome production in Southern Africa could
double in the next ten years, to supply 75% of world demand. →

By: System Author1st October 1999
The fourth-largest ferrochrome producer in the world, Hernic
Ferrochrome, will start development of an underground mining
operation to the value of R50-million before the end of the year. →

By: System Author27th August 1999
Come-back kid South Witwatersrand Exploration Company (Sowits) is
planning a return to the South African mining scene with its new
chrome-mining interests which will give rise to the construction of
a new multimillion-rand ferrochrome plant. →

By: System Author30th July 1999
Capital expenditure of R1,2-billion in the next five years is
planned by iron-ore, manganese and chrome producer The Associated
Manganese Mines of South Africa (Assmang), Anglovaal Mining (Avmin)
ferrous metals director Jan Steenkamp tells Mining Weekly. Major
developments included in the... →

By: System Author30th July 1999
wo major actions are under way affect- ing Anglovaal Mining’s
(Avmin’s) chrome interests. Most important is board go-ahead
for R190-million for a mine at Dwarsrivier, and R45-million has
been allocated for upgrading three Machadodorp plant chrome
furnaces from 24 MVA to 30 MVA, and... →

By: System Author2nd July 1999
It is essential that the correct balance be struck between the
grade and recovery of the platinum-group metals (PGMs) at Kroondal
Platinum Mine (KPM) – the higher the grade, the lower the
recovery, metallurgical manager Gordon Ramsay tells Mining Weekly.
“We expect to see a PGM grade... →

By: System Author4th June 1999
AS a key supplier of chromium and manganese products to steel
industries worldwide, Samancor will use the SAP business enterprise
software solution to achieve shorter turnaround times. Samancor is
the world’s largest integrated producer, by sales, of
manganese and chrome products and over... →

By: System Author28th May 1999
THE installation of the electrics and instrumentation for the
ferrochrome smelter at Dilokong chromium mine was completed at the
end of last month by RBF Technology. For this tight-scheduled
project, RBF was contracted by specialist in electric arc furnace
design and manufacture, Pyromet. The 27... →

By: System Author12th February 1999
A special modification carried out to a Bell 310 SE backhoe loader,
involving the fitting of a hammer attachment, has efficiently
converted it into a cost-effective tool for the rugged and arduous
task of breaking down chromium ingots. Elander van der
Bergh’s Elisha Plant Hire (EPH) is able... →